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Do I launch website now or wait for my application to be v1.0?
I'm in the process of developing a desktop application and I expect the first version to be finished by mid-march 2010. I have purchased the domain name and I'm very happy with the one I've got. My ...
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startup service design - launch early with mediocre design or later with “perfect” design?
Have a look at the following layouts for some well known services:
http://www.syncplicity.com/
http://gowalla.com/
http://foursquare.com/
http://www.mint.com/026d/
https://cheddargetter.com/
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When is the good time to quit the dayjob and start full time on startup?
I am recently passed out college graduate. Currently working in a mnc for full time job and also with couple of friends working a web based product during extra hours. We are expecting to complete the ...
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Solving the Chicken and Egg Problem
My partner and I are in the development phase of a website which essentially is a new marketplace for a sector that we believe is lacking one.
However most of our resources are going for design and ...
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How to request a review from bloggers?
We do have a product without demo, we only give out evaluation copies to potential clients and people who'd like to do a review the product.
It's a long story why we don't have a demo, suffice to say ...
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When to give up on a product?
I'm getting ahead of myself here because my product hasn't launched yet, but I thought about this and would appreciate the thoughts of this community:
Imagine this:
You're launching a great app (or ...
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Best Place to Get Good Constructive Feedback on New Site
Where is the best place to get some good constructive feedback for a site we just launched? Is that a place like this one or a different medium? Any input would be appreciated.
Thank You!
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How do you solve the “chicken-and-the-egg” problem?
There are two variants of the chicken-and-egg problem:
When there are two distinct classes of participants in your business, e.g. buyers and sellers, but it is hard to attract one class without ...
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How to Resolve a classic Chicken and Egg Dilemma?
My team and I are facing the classic Chicken/Egg dilemma and need help resolving this issue. So here we go: We built a highly scalable, dynamic Career site 100% dedicated to to the IT Industry and ...
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Startups with ASP.Net MVC 3 and MS SQL
We were thinking of starting a Web Startup using the technologies C#,Asp.Net MVC 3 and Sqlserver. We have heard a lot of talk about "cost" when it comes to using Microsoft technologies for a startup ...
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What makes customers jump ship?
There is Company X online that provides a service for its visitors - and though they currently have the monopoly and have for the past 10 years, the quality of their service is not so great and ...
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Explain product by example?
Is it a good idea to describe the features of a product/service by making fictional scenarious how to use this product?
I know the best aproach would be to present at first the problem and show ...
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Where to Submit a Press Release?
We have just launched our new website/service and I have written up a press release announcing that launch. My only problem is where exactly should I send this press release to? Are there any ...
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What are the best practices for launching a web startup?
I'm not just talking about the initial launch, where you get the traffic spike from contacting all the bloggers, I mean about marketing it right after that point.
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Are press releases a good idea for a bootstrapped company when launching a product?
I never hear much about this. Would it possibly get my business and product some press? Are they cost effective?
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help! launched and inbox flooded with questions and feature requests
I am happy it's picking up so much momentum. I am in SaaS industry.
however, there are lot of inbox filled with questions, support request, and feature requests.
I find it's overwhelming. I am ...
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What's your favorite book or resource for social media marketing?
I learned quite a bit of relevant information in reading David Meerman Scott's excellent book, "The New Rules of Marketing and PR"
I'm looking for similar focused, tactical, and useful resources to ...
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1-man show, coder/marketing/everything else… 10 months in the making, too long?
As a 1-man show I've been building a social startup for the last 10 months. A lot of the time on development has been spent learning a new programming language (Ruby on Rails) and also all the other ...
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Starting a new webcomic in a few days
I'm putting together a webcomic and am considering taking down the construction page in the next couple of days and going live (the site is finished). I just have a few questions regarding a startup ...
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How do you run a good alpha/beta program?
What are good tips to run an alpha/beta consumer program for a web app? I want to engage the early users, test out a number of things and generate buzz. What are any tips or resources you can think ...
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Should we tag our new website as 'beta'?
What does tagging your new website as 'beta' say to your potential customers. We intend a 'soft' launch to our website and are not planning any significant marketing at this period. We intend to use ...
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Should I start talking about my future product, or should I wait till its ready?
I've registered my small consulting company about a year ago and since then we provide consulting and support for several clients, one of which is one of the industry largest organizations in the ...
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How to market a software during minimum viable product stage?
I'm about to launch my product. I'm currently preparing the website, documentation, e-commerce integration and so on.
It lacks features that will be added in the next few months that will allow it ...
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How can I get initial users for my website?
We have a website that's just about to be released. We did a limited beta release (friends, family) and some light advertising with Google Adwords (very small budget- about $200).
The ad campaign ...
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How to offer BETA Codes?
I have launched a web app a couple of days ago in closed BETA and I have been trying quite hard to contact relevant bloggers (about 12 of them now) to post/tweet about my startup and to offer BETA ...
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Should I get an MBA first, or launch our software to the global market now?
Basically we created a small company a few years ago, and part of our venture is that we created this software which is really easy to use, but it currently exists only in our local language. There is ...
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Is it a bad idea to launch a startup in August?
We have a service that will be ready to launch in 2 weeks.
Is it a bad idea to launch it in August? Should we wait until September?
The fact is the service is ready, and I don't like the idea of ...
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How to launch software: Hollywood launch or Gmail approach?
As far as I know, there are two recognized way to launch Software:
Hollywood launch
1) Teaser
2) Preview
3) Launch
Gmail Approach
1) Few invites
2) Beta
3) Buzz and Marketing
4) Public
From your ...
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My startup built on ASP.NET/SQL Server 2008 stack. What are my hosting options? Costs?
I'm in the final stages of development on my startup. The site is built in ASP.NET using SQL Server 2008. It is a consumer-focused website that I intend to concept-test next month and gather feedback ...
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Is it normal to lose optimism when getting feedback on a project?
I've been working on a web app for 4 months, and did some usability testing with about 10 people today, with mixed results.
Some people said they hated my design, others had no comment about it, ...
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Is launching just before Christmas/New-Year a good idea?
We've had our app in beta for the past few months and we recently launched a major update which gets us to the point where I'm happy calling it a version 1.
There's still a million and one things to ...
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When is the optimum time to launch a landing page?
I've seen a gap in a niche for a SaaS product that I know that there will be a demand for. I'm currently working on developing my MVP to launch as soon as possible and am wondering when the best time ...
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Why do some companies like Apple hide announcing their new product till the last moment
One reason I can understand is that they don't want competitors to find out the features of their product hence releasing their own product before they get a chance to release it themselves.
I ...
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Website launch strategy with
My partner and I would like to lunch a new marketplace for products that, for obvious reasons, we can't disclose at this point. We don't have any patent or proprietary IP to raise the entrance ...
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What defines a good product launch?
I have a product that I am ready to launch. What are the absolute critical processes to go through to launch the product properly? What events should definitely happen? E.g. online launch, website, ...
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Struggling with the timing of our website
We have just completed our first prototype and are now considering the online introduction process. Of course we are united as a company in the belief that we have a buzz worthy and remarkable ...
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Idea: Go free first, then start charging customers
My primary aim is to get as much publicity as I can get.
Would it be a good strategy to go all free when you first launch your product and then turn it into a paid service couple of months later?
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Best time to launch my software?
Our team has been developing a product which we initially wanted to release in early November. Although we are nearing the final stages, private beta testing is continuing to reveal new and annoying ...
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It's ok to launch a software product when Beta testing is not fully finished?
I'm having trouble finishing the Beta testing period of my software product.
In particular it hangs/crashes in some laptops with low to moderate memory and speed capabilities.
This problem is hard to ...
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I need to sell a product with my friend who funded the hardware costs, I funded the software costs
An old friend of mine suggested that I develop a piece of software so we can sell it. He has the contacts, and I am technical with no contacts. I have now finished the project, and he now needs to ...
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Blog exposure - before or after beta?
We're getting close to launching a new product, and I'm trying to decide the right timing for press. We plan to run an invite only beta for a week or two, followed by a larger beta group before ...
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Release or wait for data to be available?
We are planning to launch a web site for real estate ads. Actually, it's a web site where real estate agents can post properties(houses, flat, land) to sell or to rent.
Then other people can look for ...
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How should I promote an SDK / Service?
I developed a new service for iPhone developers which allows them to ask quick questions from their users and get rapid feedback.
The product is now in beta (which means it's already finished and ...
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What makes a Successful Web Site Launch?
What are the 5 must-do basic things to have a shot at being marginally successful on a first day web site launch? The measure of success is defined (in our case) as at least having:
1) 50000 hits on ...
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Launching Enterprise Software
The enterprise software business is unique. What steps would you take for launching your enterprise software once it is ready?
Thanks.
Edit:
Lets use targeting the manufacturing industry ...
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First Product Launch - help!
I'm hoping to launch my first product of my first start-up in the month or so (New Year time-frame). Any advice as to how to avoid problems and get it out there quickly, easily and effectively? What ...
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Is Pre MVP a good idea?
Our Minimum Viable Product will be an online service. Development takes some time.
Meanwhile we would like to release a small but supposedly impressive feature for free. The goal is to get some ...
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Which software trial strategy is best?
Days based (7/14/30 days trial) or usage based (15/30 logins/transactions etc. trial).
Has somebody compiled any empirical data to see which strategy is better?
Appreciate your thoughts on this.
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Launch during summer or wait till autumn?
We are planning to launch productivity web app :)
Summer is defiantly slow time on web and I was thinking, is it better not to launch in summer and wait till autumn?
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To stealth or not to stealth?
I'm currently working on a startup in stealth mode.
Right now we have a pre-launch page with our tag ine. But I feel like I should redesign to give further explanation of what we are doing in order to ...
